Soyot

The Soyot are an ethnic group who mainly live in the Oka region in the Okinsky District in Buryatia, Russia. They share much of their history with the Tofalar, Tozhu Tuvans, Dukha, and Buryat; the Soyot have taken on a great deal of Buryat cultural influence and were grouped together with them under Soviet policy. Due to intermarriage between Soyots and Buryats, the Soyot population is heavily mixed with the Buryat. In 2000, they were reinstated as a distinct ethnic group.

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Ethnic group.group: Soyot сойоты
Ethnic group.population: 4,368 (2021)
Ethnic group.pop1: 4,368
Ethnic group.image: Расселение_сойотов_в_СФО_по_городским_и_сельским_поселениям,_в_%25.png
Ethnic group.caption: Distribution of Soyots in Okinsky District of Buryatia
Ethnic group.region2: Buryatia
Ethnic group.languages: Buryat, Soyot (partly revitalized)
Ethnic group.religions: Tibetan Buddhism, Tengrism (shamanism)
Ethnic group.related: Buryats, Dukhans, Tofalar, Tozhu Tuvans, Koibals

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Instance of: ethnic group
Part of: Turkic peoples
Native language: Buryat
Religion: Buddhism
Country: Russia
Located in: Irkutsk Oblast
Population: 3608
Image: Khuvsgul.jpg

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Contents

Etymology
History
Origin
Russian imperial expansion
Russian civil war
Soviet collectivization
After Soviet collapse
Language
Reindeer herding
Religion
See also
References
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Like other taiga peoples, the Soyot traditionally practiced reindeer breeding and hunting and lived nomadically, but today most Soyot live in villages. According to the 2021 census, there were 4,368 Soyots in Russia.

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